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California Online Mathematics Education Times (COMET)
COMET is a weekly publication designed to keep mathematics teachers and educational leaders on the cutting edge of news and information regarding professional issues, events, and opportunities. COMET is produced by Carol Fry Bohlin and supported by the California Mathematics Project. Excerpts from recent issues of COMET are below. Back issues of COMET (2000-2011) are available in a searchable archive at http://comet.cmpso.org.
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Week of November 14, 2011
STEM Resources on the California Department of Education Website
Contact: Jim Greco, Education Administrator, California
Department of Education STEM Office
URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/stemintrod.asp
The California Department of Education’s Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Office continues to update its
useful online collection of STEM-related resources--visit http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/stemintrod.asp
Resources are organized into the following categories:
General Information, Classroom Resources, Grade Spans, Initiatives and
Networks, Online Libraries and Centers, Career Preparation/Readiness, College
Readiness, Professional Organizations, Programs of Study, and Publications.
Board Election Results for the California Mathematics Council
Source: Mike Contino, CMC Executive Secretary
URL: http://cmc-math.org/members/elections.html
The results of the recent election of state and sectional
board members for the California Mathematics Council (CMC) were recently posted
on CMC’s website. See http://cmc-math.org/members/elections.html
and also below:
State Board Members for 2012 & 2013:
President--Jane Wentzel
Secretary--Jeannie Toshima
Treasurer--April Goodman-Orcutt
CMC-North:
President--April Goodman-Orcutt
Vice President--Rebecca Lewis
Secretary--Rita Nutsch
Treasurer--Chris Tsuji
CMC-Central:
President--Lori Hamada
Vice President--Michelle Standlee
Secretary--Melinda Riccardi
Treasurer--Diana Herrington
CMC-South:
President--Diana Ceja
Vice President--Bruce Grip
Secretary--Helen Chan Hill
Treasurer--Tina Shinsato
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Week of October 31, 2011
State Board of Education to Discuss Progress in Implementing the Common Core State Standards into the State Educational System at its November Meeting
URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr11/agenda201111.asp
The third item on the agenda for the November 9 meeting of
the California State Board of Education (SBE) is an update of the activities of
the SBE and the California Department of Education regarding the state’s
implementation of the Common Core State Standards. This agenda item presents a
comprehensive overview of key issues, previous State Board discussions and
actions, the CCSS Systems Implementation Plan (Seven Guiding Strategies),
implementation activities (i.e., frameworks, assessments, professional learning
and teacher preparation, etc.), and related legislation. The comprehensive
Agenda Item document is available for download from http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr11/documents/nov11item03.doc In addition, a presentation file is available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr11/documents/nov11item03a02.pdf
Two additional agenda items that COMET readers may find
interesting and useful are Items 4 (“Update on the Next Generation of Science
Standards”) and 5 (“Elementary and Secondary Education Act [ESEA]: Principles
and Requirements for a Waiver of Selected Provisions of the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 to Implement a Specific Statewide Accountability System for
All California Local Educational Agencies in Advance of [ESEA] Reauthorization”).
Follow these links to download the agenda items:
Item 4 -- http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr11/documents/nov11item04.doc
Item 5 -- http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr11/documents/nov11item05.doc
A live webcast of the November 9 SBE meeting can be viewed
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/sbelivestream.asp
MSRI Conference -- Critical Issues in Mathematics
Education 2012: Teacher Education in View of the Common Core
Source: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
URL: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/education/show/-/event/Wm9414
The wide adoption of the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics (CCSSM) offers a helpful curricular coherence to the environment of
teacher education. The adoption of the CCSSM presents both an opportunity
and a challenge to teacher education--an opportunity because of the greater
focus made possible and a challenge because of the ambitious level of the Standards
for Mathematical Content, as well as the prominent role of the Standards for
Mathematical Practice (http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf).
Much needs to be done to make these meaningfully understood and enacted
effectively by teachers and teacher educators. The goal of the 2012 “Critical
Issues in Mathematics Education” (CiME) workshop is to gather and stimulate
ideas for how to meet this opportunity and challenge.
The workshop is being organized by Dave Auckly, Hyman Bass,
Amy Cohen-Corwin, and Bill McCallum. It will be held at the Mathematical
Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California on 21-23 March 2012.
Registration is currently open and closes on March 21. For more information,
please visit http://www.msri.org/web/msri/education/show/-/event/Wm9414
or email 675@msri.org
California State University System Joins National STEM
Initiative
Source: California State University
URL: http://www.calstate.edu/pa/News/2011/Release/100kin10.shtml
URL (100Kin10):http://www.nationalmathandscience.org/newsroom/article/csu-joins-nationwide-movement-add-more-teachers
The California State University (CSU) system has joined ”100Kin10,”
a multisector movement composed of more than 80 partners committed to
recruiting, developing and retaining 100,000 excellent STEM (science,
technology, engineering and mathematics) teachers over the next decade. Led by
the Carnegie Corporation of New York (http://carnegie.org/)
and the Opportunity Equation (http://opportunityequation.org/),
the partners include Google, NASA, and the New York City Department of
Education, among others.
As part of its commitment, the CSU will prepare 1,500 new
math and science teachers annually through 2015. At least half will teach in
high-need schools for at least three years, and 10 percent will earn dual
certification, addressing the needs of hard-to-staff schools.
The initiative was originally announced at the Clinton
Global Initiative (CGI) America Meeting in Chicago in June 2011, where
President Clinton urged corporations, foundations, and other interested
organizations to take part. At the seventh Annual Meeting of CGI in New York
City last month, President Obama reiterated the imperative: “[Our future]
demands that we give every child the skills and education they need to succeed.
And I thank you for the commitment that you made to recruit and train tens of
thousands of new science, technology, engineering, and math teachers. Nothing
could be more important.”
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has lauded the
100Kin10 initiative, saying: "President Obama and I believe that
recruiting and preparing 100,000 excellent new teachers in the STEM fields is
essential for our students' success in the 21st century knowledge economy. We
need an all-hands-on-deck strategy to make this happen. I applaud the work of
Carnegie Corporation and the Opportunity Equation and the 80 organizations
including corporations, universities, non-profits, states, and districts that
are coming together under the banner of ‘100Kin10’ to provide our students with
a world-class education in the STEM subjects."
A dozen corporate and foundation partners have created an
initial funding base of nearly $20 million in pledges that can be allocated to
any of the 100Kin10 partner organizations at the discretion of the funder. More
information, including a complete list of partners and their commitments, is
available on the 100Kin10 website (http://100kin10.org/).
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Related Article:
“STEM: The Future of The Cal State University”
Source: Los Angeles Times
URL: http://www.latimes.com/custompublishing/education/la-ss-education-stem,0,4970932.story
...The Corporation for National & Community
Service...provided the CSU system with a Learn and Serve America grant... This
grant program is called STEM^2 (Service learning Transforming Educational
Models in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The landmark
program aims to produce graduates who can apply their STEM knowledge to serve
and strengthen local California businesses and communities...
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